Lot 31: Portrait of a noble Boy, traditionally identified as George Bubb, Lord Dodington

Hysing Hans Stockholm 1678 - London 1752 Portrait of a noble Boy, traditionally identified as George Bubb, Lord Dodington Oil/canvas, 76 x 62 cm, min. rest., relined. - Prof. Brian Allen, Paul Mellon Institute of British Art, kindly pointed out to Hans Hysing. According to him the paintings dates to the late 1720s. - George Bubb, Lord Dodington was a close friend of the later King George III, who created him Baron Melcombe after his accession to the throne. - Mus.: London (Nat. Portrait Gall.), Amsterdam (Rijksmus.), Oxford (Ashmolean Mus.), the Hague a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a. others.